Coin-holder.



N0. 824,842. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. E. J. BRANDT.

COIN HOLDER.

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No. 824,842. PATENTED JULY 3, 1906. E. J." BRANDT.

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APPLICATION FILED OUT. 30. 1965.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. BRANDT, OF WATERTOWN, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO BRANDT CASHIER COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A COR- PORATION OF ILLINOIS.

COIN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed October 30, 1905. Serial No. 285,216.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BRANDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of WVatertown, in the county of Jefferson and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the fol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed, its object being to provide simple economical coin-holders especially designed for facilitating bulk payments-of coin and which are preferably organized so that the money value of the coin therein at any time may be determined at a glance, said holders serving also for reserve coin needed from time to time to supply money changing or paying machines.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a vertical longitudinal section view of a fra ment of a desk, stand, table, or counter, and a coinholder in accordance with my invention in a compartment of the device aforesaid; Fig. 2, aplan view, partly in horizontal section, illustrating a plurality of improved coin-holders side by side, some of the coin in the innermost horizontally-disposed stack of same beingremoved and others broken away to facilitate illustration ofparts of one of said holders; Fig. 3, a side elevation of a fragment of one of the coin-holders Figs. 4 and 5, transverse sectional views of one of said coin-holders, these views being indicated by lines 4 4 and 5 5 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 6, a front elevation of what is shown in Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indicates each of the side pieces of a frame having a bottom B, false bottom C, and top D, said side pieces being preferably of wood and the other parts of sheet metal. The edges of the side pieces are preferably shouldered to provide seats for the top and bottom of the frame and to conceal the edges of the said top andbottom. The top and bottom are tacked or otherwise suitably secured in connection with the side pieces of the frame, and the forward portion of said top is left free to have spring contact with horizontally disposed stacks of coins in the holder, the outwardlyextending end of said top being curved to correspond to the periphery of opposlng coins. To look the spring portion of the frame-top in binding contact with opposing co1n, a turn-button E is provided in connection with one of the side pieces of the frame.

The false-bottom plate C is caught at its edges in grooves of the side pieces of the frame, and the forward outwardly-extending end of this false bottom is recurved under the remainder of same to provide a rounded bend on which to turn an apron F, that slldes on said false bottom. Attached to the under end of the apron, central of same, is a clip G, connected to a cord H, that has w1nd1ng connection with a drum I in union with another drum J, both of which are loose on a spindle K, set in the side pieces of the frame. The false bottom O is slotted to obtain clearance for the drum I, and the drum has clearance in a recess provided in the ad acent slde piece of the frame. A cord L m w1nd1ng connection with the drum J is attached to the rear end of a spiral spring M in a longltudinal recess of one of the side pieces of the frame, the forward end of said spring being made fast in the recess.

Fast on the upper end of the apron 1s a follower in the form of a bracket N, having a concave front corresponding to the cperiphery of coins in a horizontally-dispose stack. In pivotal connection with rear ears of the bracket is a latch-dog P, and the false bottom C is provided with a keeper-aperture b, with which the dog automatically engages when opportunity afiords.

Fast on the a ron F, at predetermined regular intervals 0 the same, are the shanks c of ooncavo-convex indicator-plates Q, and a flat spring R is secured at its rearinner end in a recess provided in one of the s de pieces of the frame, its forward free end beingrecurved and arranged to come within a concave fingerrecess (1 in the adjacent end of said side piece of the frame, a simliar recess being provided in the same end of the opposite side piece.

The distance between the top of the holder and the false bottom of same is approximately equal to the diameter of the denomination of coin for which said holder is designed, and the other general dimensions of said holder are matters of arbitrary selection in proportion to the desired capacity of the device. One of the holders herein shown is designed for five-cent nickel coin and the other for twentyfive-cent silver coin, com monly termed quarters the dimensions and organization of the respective holders being such that one of said holders has a capacity for six longitudinally-disposed stacks of nickels, twenty to the stack, and the other for six horizontally-disposed stacks of quarters, sixteen to the stack. The coinstacks are set in a holder one after another, the turn-button. E having been adjusted to clear the spring end of the top of the holder, and the innermost stack abuts the concavity of the bracket N in connection with the upper end of the apron F, that has sliding contact with the false bottom of said holder. Backward movement of the apron on the false bottom supporting the same effects a pull on cord H to thereby unwind the same, rotate the drums I J, and wind the cord L, the result being a proportionate extension of the spring M in connection with the latter cord. The convex plates Q are arranged to serve as stops to prevent coin in any one of the horizontally-disposed stacks from crowding into an adjacent stack, and each of said plates is provided with an inscripti on denoting the money value of coins in all the complete stacks back of same. The disposition of the plates Q is such that each one of them is forward of the front bend of the false bottom of the holder when the horizontally-disposed stack immediately in rear of the same plate is in register with the finger-recesses in the sides of said holder, and a cashier can tell at a glance whether the aforesaid holder is empty or how much money it may contain.

When a horizontally-disposed stack of coin is withdrawn from a holder, the contraction of the spring M is such that the cord H is wound. on its drum I and the apron F pulled forward on its support to move the next rearward horizontally-disposed stack of coins into register with the finger-recesses in the sides of the holder, where it is caught and held under the forward spring end of the top of said holder. The last horizontally-disposed stack of coin having been withdrawn from a holder, the dog P will catch in the false bottom of said holder to lock the coin-feed mechanism. The flat side spring R operates to crowd the coin in adjacent horizontallydisposed stacks close together, and thereby compensates for irregular thickness, of said coin due to abrasion of some of same.

The holders may be set side by side or conveniently piled one upon another with the forward end of each facing a cashier, and in Fig. 1 it is shown that a ledge or compartment S under a desk, table, stand, or counter top T maybe utilized as a support, being preferably inclined to aid the feed of the horizontally-disposed stacks of coins into register with the finger-recesses in the sides of the aforesaid holders at the forward ends of same. It is practical and wholly within the scope of my invention to make each holder without the bottom B aforesaid, but the plate C herein described as a false bottom is an essential part of said invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is i 1. A coin-holder comprising a frame consisting of side pieces having finger-recesses in their forward ends, a top, the forward end of which serves as a spring-stop, and a support in connection with said side pieces longitudinally of the same an apron folded over the forward end of the support, a follower fast to the upper end of the apron, a pair of connected drums having rotary support Within the frame, a cord in connection with the under end of the apron and one of the drums, a spiral spring fast at one end in said frame, and another cord connecting the other end of the spring with the other of said drum to wind and unwind the reverse of the cord aforesaid.

2. A coin-holder comprising a frame consisting of side pieces having finger-recesses in their forward ends, a top, the forward end of which serves as a spring-stop, and a support in connection with said side pieces longitudinally of the same; an apron folded over the forward end of the support, a follower fast to the upper end of the apron, indicator devices at predetermined intervals longitudinally of the apron, a follower in connection with the upper end of said apron, a pair of connected drums having rotary support within the frame, a cord in connection with the under end of the apron and one of the drums, a spiral spring fast at one end in said frame, and another cord connecting the other end of the spring with the other of said drums to wind and unwind the reverse of the cord aforesaid.

3. A coin-holder comprising a frame consisting of side pieces having finger-recesses in their forward ends, a top, the forward end of which serves as a spring-stop, and a support in connection with said side pieces longitudinally of the same an apron folded over the forward end of the support, a follower fast to the upper end of the apron, a pair of connected drums having rotary support within the frame, a cord in connection with the under end of the apron and one of the drums, a spiral spring fast at one end in said frame, another cord connecting the other end of the spring with the other of said drums to wind and unwind the reverse of the cord aforesaid, and a flat spring arranged in connection with the aforesaid frame to exert lateral pressure on adjacent coin.

4. A coin-holder comprising a frame consisting of side pieces having finger-recesses in their forward ends, a top, the forward end of IIO which serves as a spring-stop, and a support in connection with said side pieces longitudinally of the same an apron folded over the forward end of the support, a follower fast to the upper end of the apron, a latch-dog in connection with the follower to have automatic engagement with an aperture in said support, a pair of connected drums having rotary support within the frame, a cord in connection with the under end of the apron and one of the drums, a spiral spring fast at one end in said frame, and another cord connecting the other end of the spring with the other of said drums to wind and unwind the reverse of the cord aforesaid.

5. A coin-holder comprising a box-like frame open at the forward end and having its sides provided with forward finger-recesses, an apron supported in the frame, a follower attached to the apron, means for imparting travel to the apron and a horizontally-disposed stack or stacks of coin thereon coincident with the removal of the foremost stack from the holder, and means for limiting the intermittent travel of said apron and coins thereon.

6. A coin-holder comprising a box-like frame open at the forward end and having its sides provided with forward finger-recesses, an apron supported in the frame, a

follower attached to the apron, indicators at predetermined intervals longitudinally of said apron, means for imparting travel to the aforesaid apron and a horizontally-disposed stack or stacks of coin thereon coincident with the removal of the foremost stack from the holder, and means for limiting the intermittent travel of the apron and coin thereon.

7. A coin-holder comprising a box-like frame open at the forward end and having its sides provided with forward finger-recesses, an apron supported in the frame, a follower attached to the apron means for imparting travel to the apron and a horizontally-disposed stack or stacks of coin thereon coincident with the removal of the foremost stack from the holder, means for limiting the intermittent travel of said apron and coins thereon, and means for exerting lateral pressure on the coin adjacent to the delivery end of said holder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Watertown, in the county of J eiferson and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD J. BRANDT.

Witnesses:

MARY E. BURKE, WILLIAM H. WOODARD. c 

